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Engineering & Computer Science

The following engineering and computer science co-op monthly salaries are from the spring, summer and fall 2025 co-op terms.

They are based on 37.5 hours per week of work and 4.333 weeks per month. Mean = average, Median = middle, and Mode = most frequent.

Note: W-1 to W-6 = work term 1 to work term 6.

All programs (monthly)

  Junior (work terms 1 + 2) Senior (work terms 3 + 4)
Mean (average) $4,156 $4,338
Median (middle) $4,060 $4,306
Mode (most frequent) $4,333 $4,333
Standard deviation  $845 $914
Number of work terms 942  773

Biomedical engineering

  Junior (work terms 1 + 2) Senior (work terms 3 + 4)
Mean (average) $3,645 $3,655
Median (middle) $3,640 $3,640
Mode (most frequent) $3,640 $3,467
Standard deviation $536 $712
Number of work terms 48 47

Civil engineering

  Junior (work terms 1 + 2) Senior (work terms 3 + 4)
Mean (average) $4,310 $4,761
Median (middle) $4,333 $4,617
Mode (most frequent) $4,333 $4,333
Standard deviation $703 $798
Number of work terms 125 141

Computer engineering

  Junior (work terms 1 + 2) Senior (work terms 3 + 4)
Mean (average) $4,079 $4,601
Median (middle) $4,000 $4,333
Mode (most frequent) $4,017 $4,333
Standard deviation $608 $972
Number of work terms 17 20

Computer science

  Junior (work terms 1 + 2) Senior (work terms 3 + 4)
Mean (average) $4,039 $4,030
Median (middle) $4,000 $3,999
Mode (most frequent) $4,060 $3,900
Standard deviation $866 $578
Number of work terms 204 101

Electrical engineering

  Junior (work terms 1 + 2) Senior (work terms 3 + 4)
Mean (average) $4,505 $4,349
Median (middle) $4,333 $4,333
Mode (most frequent) $4,333 $4,333
Standard deviation $1,093 $959
Number of work terms 138 130

MADS

  Junior (work terms 1 + 2) Senior (work terms 3 + 4)
Mean (average) $4,648 $4,184
Median (middle) $4,527 $4,184
Mode (most frequent) $3,488 N/A
Standard deviation $790 $277
Number of work terms 15 2

Mechanical engineering

  Junior (work terms 1 + 2) Senior (work terms 3 + 4)
Mean (average) $4,051 $4,291
Median (middle) $3,945 $4,315
Mode (most frequent) $3,467 $4,333
Standard deviation $714 $995
Number of work terms 223 223

MTIS

  Junior (work terms 1 + 2) Senior (work terms 3 + 4)
Mean (average) $4,589 $4,811
Median (middle) $4,664 $4,769
Mode (most frequent) $4,769 $4,769
Standard deviation $291 $74
Number of work terms 13 3

Software engineering

  Junior (work terms 1 + 2) Senior (work terms 3 + 4)
Mean (average) $3,944 $4,371
Median (middle) $4,000 $4,246
Mode (most frequent) $4,060 $3,792
Standard deviation $739 $881
Number of work terms 82 104

Undeclared engineering

  Junior (work terms 1 + 2) Senior (work terms 3 + 4)
Mean (average) $4,289 N/A
Median (middle) $4,160 N/A
Mode (most frequent) $4,333 N/A
Standard deviation $890 N/A
Number of work terms 75 N/A